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A day in the life of ... Jo Edwards
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Jo Edwards is Head of Family at
Forsters winner of the Family Law Firm of the Year – London Award at the
Family Law Awards 2017.
What is your position and what do you do on a day-to-day basis?
I am a partner and Head of Family at Forsters. Day to day I run a busy practice
– a mix of money and children mediation negotiation and litigation
– and manage a brilliant team of one other partner five (soon to be six) solicitors and a trainee plus our three secretaries (who in truth are the engine room of the team).
How long have you been in this role and what brought you here?
This autumn sees the 20th anniversary of me becoming a family lawyer. I joined Forsters 2 years ago after a happy 17 year stint at Manches (latterly Penningtons Manches) in turn preceded by a short period as an NQ at a niche practice. My path into law was fairly conventional
– comprehensive school law degree at Oxford LPC at the College of Law two...
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